Man killed in hit-run on City Line Avenue

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

PHILADELPHIA - A man was struck and killed by a hit-run driver in the early hours of the new year on City Line Avenue, according to NBC10.

Witnesses said that the man was crossing City Avenue near Presidential Boulevard when a car going northbound towards the Schuylkill Expressway eastbound entrance knocked him about 40 feet down the roadway.

A medical student jumped out of a car and tried to administer CPR but it was too late. The victim, who investigators say didn't have identification on him, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A witness who heard the crash described the scene.

"As soon as we heard the impact... we pull over and see the man lying in the street and we came out of the car all of us and we came over and [someone was] giving him CPR," said cab driver Sheikh Kamaluddin.

There is no crosswalk where the man was hit -- instead there is a pedestrain bridge that he wasn't using.

Police continued to investigate the scene throughout the overnight hours as the City Avenue Bridge toward I-76, Kelly Drive, Lincoln Drive and Ridge Avenue remained closed until about 5 a.m. Investigators wouldn't rule out alcohol as being involved in the wreck.

There was no immediate description of the car involved except that it was silver.

There were at least two other crashes in the city in the early hours of 2013 as a car hit a tree at Gypsy Lane and Lincoln Drive and a crash at Mascher Street and Tabor Road in Northeast Philly left five hurt. Alcohol is suspected in each of those crashes.